The man behind the inauguration speech

Favreau got his start on Sen. John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004. That’s where he met the new president: He suggested to then-Sen. Obama that his 2004 Democratic convention speech needed a rewrite to avoid an overlap.

According to The New York Times, Favreau apparently enjoys the President’s confidence:

“Barack trusts him,” said David Axelrod, Mr. Obama’s chief campaign strategist. “And Barack doesn’t trust too many folks with that — the notion of surrendering that much authority over his own words.”